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By Mike Chapple, About.com Guide to Databases since 2000

Great Time for DBAs in the Job Market!

Tuesday June 23, 2009
A recent CNN/CareerBuilder.com story highlighted database administration as one of the most promising career fields for new graduates. Their study showed that the DBA field is growing extremely quickly, despite our current economic troubles. There were 119,000 DBAs employed in the United States in 2006, a number that is expected to increase 29% to 154,000 by 2016.

Sound good to you? Read Getting Started in a Database Career for more information!
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